TITLE

MARCH 24, 1883

AUTHOR(S)

Stone, Ron

PUB. DATE

January 1984

SOURCE

Book of Texas Days;1984, p50

SOURCE TYPE

Book

DOC. TYPE

Book

ABSTRACT

The article recounts the day when a number of cowboys along the Canadian River called a strike asking for a 50-cents-a-day increase in wages. Before long, 325 cowboys from 7 Panhandle ranches had joined the strike. By April 3, 1883, some ranchers had raised wages to $1.68 a day. The strike eventually died, as the big ranchers knew it would.

ACCESSION #

21474612

Tags: STRIKES & lockouts;  WAGE increases;  COWBOYS;  RANCHERS

 

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